Goodbye Phil X and hello.....

jonnyburgo

Jared James Nichols, top dude and top player, a very worthy successor, putting a 59 LP jr through its paces here.

Brize

What a great player - interesting technique.

tone1

He's a Monster of a  player. I've really been enjoying him on the Fretted Americana YouTube vids

axisus

Thanks for sharing. I've never heard of him before but he is just my sort of guitarist, I shall be checking out more stuff. I'm always keen to see players who don't use a plec as well as that is my preference. Seems like a genuine down to earth nice guy.

Jack_

If ever you needed proof that tone is in the fingers, this guy is it, he absolutely rips, he regularly puts up vids on Instagram and he gets an amp to scream like few others do these days.

Sometimes he's playing an Epi Les Paul into a Blackstar too, so not high-end/boutique stuff.

equalsql

He's a force of nature. A truly wonderful player!

zepp76

I saw him in a small venue in Southampton when he was supporting Glenn Hughes and Doug Aldrich, he really tore it up! He got a great sound out of the Blackstar amps he was using, I can thoroughly recommend seeing him if you get the chance.

gordiji

looks like ted nugent.

mrkb

I think he's playing the Ramblin Man festival, so I'll check him out then . Thanks!

Philly_Q

I thought you meant he'd joined Bon Jovi.

Jack_

Philly_Q said:

I thought you meant he'd joined Bon Jovi.

I thought he meant he'd outdone him by having an uglier signature guitar...

JMP220478

zepp76 said:

I saw him in a small venue in Southampton when he was supporting Glenn Hughes and Doug Aldrich, he really tore it up! He got a great sound out of the Blackstar amps he was using, I can thoroughly recommend seeing him if you get the chance.

saw him same tour in Holmfirth - totally agree - great stage presence / voice / playing and HAIR !!! 

octatonic

axisus said:

Seems like a genuine down to earth nice guy.

Yeah, if you can fake that then you have it made.

tony99

righteous

stratman3142

I'd never heard of him. Now I just got his album. 

What a player. And that vibrato!!! Like a cross between Kossoff, Leslie West and Hendrix. The goosebumps were up on my arms from the first wail at 16s on the first track of his album.

Thanks for posting.

SimonC

He'd be taking that denim jacket off before picking up my guitar.
Them metal buttons are a menace.

Teetonetal

Good voice. Great player. Gurns a lot.

underdog

I miss Phil, his enthusiasm is brilliant to see.

McToot

Teetonetal said:

Good voice. Great player. Gurns a lot.

The holiest of holy trinities.  

I can only gurn.  

vasselmeyer

I enjoyed it. He's not Phil X but then, he's not trying to be. Once he gets more comfortable in front of the camera, he's be great. I like his right-hand playing style and he gets a great  range of different sounds from just his fingers.

mburekenge

Great!